Goulburn Railway Workshops
April 02, 2017
Located in the city of Goulburn on the Main South line, the Railway Workshops are used by CFCLA to maintain their fleet of locomotives and wagons
Goulburn Valley stations and infrastructure
March 21, 2016
Bits and pieces on the line North from Seymour towards Shepparton and Tocumwal
Great Southern Rail - Southern Spirit
January 17, 2010
The very expensive rail cruise operated by Great Southern Rail, running on various routes around Australia a few times a year.
Great Southern Rail - The Overland
June 24, 2017
Great Southern Rail operates 'The Overland' from Melbourne to Adelaide, via Geelong, Ararat and the Western standard gauge
Great Southern Rail carriages
October 06, 2015
Carriages as used by Great Southern Rail on their trains, included The Overland and the Southern Spirit.
Great Southern Rail in Adelaide
July 13, 2015
Photos of Great Southern Rail services in Adelaide - The Overland, The Ghan, and the Indian Pacific - operating from Adelaide Parklands Terminal in Keswick.
Grounded wagons and carriages
February 04, 2010
Photos of retired freight wagons and passenger carriages now on solid ground minus bogies
GWA grain services
April 17, 2011
Genesee & Wyoming Australia have operated a number of standard gauge grain services through Victoria, usually with hoppers hired from CFCLA
Heatherdale grade separation project
June 03, 2017
The railway line at Heatherdale will be sunk beneath Heatherdale Road, but the existing station is not being rebuilt.
Hitachi transfer, January 2009
January 18, 2009
El Zorro took CFCLA liveried T369 out light engine from Dynon to Ballarat to pick up a refurbished Hitachi set from Alstom's North Ballarat Workshops. The set was 23M-2007T-233M + 9M-1919T-144M and was taken to Newport Workshops
Hitachi transfer, September 2015
October 10, 2015
After being withdrawn from service and stored at Macaulay, the trio of Hitachi trains have been reactivated and transferred to Newport Workshops awaiting their final fate
Hitachi transfer with T378 to Ballarat, August 2008
August 31, 2008
SRHC's T378 took the Elecrail Hitachi set from Newport to Ballarat Workshops via North Geelong for refurbishment. Here are some shots between Lara and Warrenheip.
Hurstbridge Rail Line Upgrade
May 20, 2017
The Hurstbridge Rail Line Upgrade is duplicating the section of single track between Heidelberg and Rosanna, raising the railway line over Lower Plenty Road, and rebuilding Rosanna station.
IEV100 track evaluation vehicle
June 24, 2017
Formerly known as EM100, IEV100 is a track evaluation vehicle that traverses the Victorian railway network to test track quality. Diesel powered, it has both standard and broad gauge bogies.
Infrastructure Evaluation Vehicle IEV102 transfer, January 2017
January 05, 2017
Metro Trains Melbourne's Infrastructure Evaluation Vehicle IEV102 developed a brake issue in December 2016, with the T-IEV-T consist having having to be transferred back to Melbourne behind B76 and B80. In January IEV102 was transferred to Bendigo behind B76 and B80, with six freight wagons (BODX 2301C, BQCX 2202B, BQIX 2461D, IEV 102, BQCX 2201P, BQIX 2459V and BODX 2460V) along for the ride to counteract the unbraked carriage.
Infrastructure of the Sydney Monorail
March 24, 2013
More than just the trains that run on the Sydney Monorail
Just another tram versus car - June 2013
June 12, 2013
The tram I was on was heading north past peak hour congestion on Flemington Road when I heard a *crunch* - the tram came to a stop, as did the tram behind us. I opened the window and saw a Mercedes with a scratched up front panel pass the tram tooting their horn, while the driver left the cab and went back to talk to the other driver. We caught up to the car at the next set of traffic lights.
Keep clear of the tram tracks! - October 2012
October 25, 2012
Where trams turn corners, there are yellow lines painted along the road so that cars know to keep clear. This bloke at the corner of Victoria and Errol Streets in North Melbourne didn't pay attention to them, which resulted in Z3.205 ripping off the rear quarter panel off his van.
Kensington grain
June 19, 2017
The flour mill Kensington at Kensington is one of the last to be rail served in Victoria, grain wagons are taken there on a regular basis, requiring a convoluted route through the suburban and freight lines, with a reversal in Melbourne Yard
Kensington Racecourse Essendon resignalling
March 19, 2016
In 2013-14 new signalling was installed on the Craigieburn and Flemington Racecourse lines, between Kensington and Essendon stations.
Kerrisdale Mountain Railway
November 10, 2012
The Kerrisdale Mountain Railway is a privately owned two-foot (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that zig-zags up a hill in the Tallarook Ranges outside Seymour.
Kew Depot centenary
June 25, 2015
Kew Depot celebrated its centenary on 3 May 2015. W2.431 was on display after being transported by road from the Melbourne Tram Museum at Hawthorn Depot, with W8.946 running shuttle trips to Victoria Gardens, restaurant tram SW6.935 was open for morning tea, with E.6005, C.3031 and A2.283 on display.
Kew line
August 17, 2005
Photos of the remnants of the Kew Line in Melbourne, a two station branch from Hawthorn station that closed in the 1950s.
Kuranda Scenic Railway
August 25, 2014
The Kuranda Scenic Railway operates from Cairns to Kuranda and return, with the journey taking around 2 hours, with a stop at 'Freshwater' station for tour buses, and one at Barron Falls to observe the waterfall. A pair of 1720 class locomotives haul each train, with two operating in each direction per day.
Lachlan Valley Railway
March 30, 2017
Lachlan Valley Railway is based in the New South Wales Central Western town of Cowra, but after the closure of the Demondrille to Cowra line in 2009, their fleet has been moved Cootamundra.
Last BS car run July 2006
July 23, 2006
By 2006 there were only three BS type carriages in revenue service with V/Line, and as the year continued all except BS217 were put into storage. By July BS217 was to be taken out of service, with the last run being on a down Albury train, terminated short at Seymour for trackwork. As it turns out, by September 2007 all five BS cars were brought back into service, as set SN7, which didn't get retired until August 9, 2010!
Last days of S302
January 13, 2006
S302 was bought by West Coast Railway soon after they were formed, and ran with them for a number of years. After their demise it was purchased by V/Line, who continued to use it on the midday Warrnambool train, where it was often replaced by an N class. S302 made her last run on January 13, 2006 after which it was put into storage. It was subsequently sold to El Zorro who operate it today
Lithgow Railway Workshops
March 31, 2017
Located in the Blue Mountains on the Main West line at Lithgow, the Lithgow Railway Workshops are used by Southern Southhaul Railroad to maintain their fleet of locomotives and rolling stock
Locomotive bits and pieces
February 27, 2016
Various bits and bobs on locomotives, with nice captions telling you what the @%#$^& they are
Locomotive hauled Sprinter, February 2006
February 27, 2006
Sprinter railcars are self propelled, but can be hauled by locomotives through the use of a special transition coupler. Here two broken down Sprinters were in the platform - 7002 and 7008, along with N453 waiting to take them away. The EDI rail guys had a bit of difficulty getting the transition coupler to fit - necessary because of the different coupler types
Locos, light engines, and lashups
June 24, 2017
As the title suggests: Locos, Light Engines, and Lashups of various freight locos. There is a lot of smoking it up for the camera as well... ;-)
Log trains
May 01, 2009
Midway operates a export woodchip plant at North Shore in Geelong, with logs sources from Bairnsdale and Wodonga by rail. Y class locos are often used to shunt the wagons at Geelong
Long Island steel train
June 21, 2017
The Long Island steel train serves the BHP mill at Hastings, south of Frankston. Steel is transferred from standard gauge trains at the Melbourne Steel Terminal, just west of North Melbourne station
Lynbrook station construction
January 14, 2012
A new railway station on the Cranbourne line between Dandenong and Merinda Park.
Maldon - Dombarton bridge
May 11, 2011
A partially completed bridge over the Cordeaux River near Maldon, it forms part of the Maldon - Dombarton line that commenced construction in the 1980s and was cancelled soon after.
Malvern tram depot centenary
May 30, 2010
Malvern Depot celebrated its centenary on 30 May 2010 when it hosted a function to commemorate the opening of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust on 30 May 1910. Former P&MTT trams 44 and 84 were brought from Bendigo for the occasion with 44 running several special trips between the depot and Dandenong Road.
Manildra sugar train
June 21, 2017
Manildra Group moves sugar by rail from their plant in Grafton in NSW to their sidings at North Dynon in Melbourne. NGGF hopper wagons are used, which are attached to Pacific National intermodal or steel services.
Maryvale paper train
November 27, 2016
Photos of the Maryvale Paper train that runs from Melbourne to the Australian Paper factory at Maryvale, north of Morwell
Melbourne Art Trams
November 14, 2014
As part of the 2013 Melbourne Festival eight trams have been decorated in designs by eight Melbourne artists: http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media-centre/news/articles/2013/exploring-melbourne%27s-art-trams/
Melbourne broad gauge freight
June 01, 2017
Miscellaneous broad gauge freight traffic through Melbourne - there isn't much these days...
Melbourne buses
June 21, 2017
Buses running normal route services around Melbourne and the surrounding suburbs
Melbourne freight terminals
Freight terminals in Melbourne include the Melbourne Steel Terminal, Creek Sidings, and the remains of Melbourne Yard west of Moonee Ponds Creek; as well as North and South Dynon on the western side. Further afield are SCT Laverton and CRT Altona, and Austrack Somerton